Collar



May 6, 1930.

COLLAR Filed Feb. 20, 1929' tilttouwq Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MORRIS I. HALPERIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK COLLAR Application filed February 20, 1929. Serial No. 341,465.

This invention relates to an improvement in collars for negligee shirts.

More particularly, the invention is adapted to the flexible or soft type of collar.

An object of the invention is to provide such a collar which will present a neater ap pearance than collars now in use, and also, a collar which will prevent displacement of the knot of the wearers tie.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the various views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the collar of this invention with a tie in position;

Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating one way of securing the elongated ends or points of the collar in position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating anotherinanner of securing the points of the collar in position; and

Fig. 4 is another fragmentary perspective view illustrating still another manner of securing the elongated ends of the collar.

My improved collar is of the folded or turn-over type, the outer layer 1 of which is provided with elongated ends or points 2. As will be noted, the collar is provided with a. body-fitting curve 3 which enables the collar to engage the wearers person in a natural manner and prevent unsightly bugling of the collar.

The underlying layer of the collar is formed in the usual way, and is provided with the customary button and buttonholes for securing the collar to the shirt, if the collar is of the detachable type. If the collar is stitched directly to the body of the shirt, then the usual means are employed for buttoning the same.

The outer layer of the collar is so cut as to provide a substantially heart-shaped ope-ning 4 for the tie knot 5. It will be observed that this heart-shaped opening has its widest portion at the top and its smallest area at the bottom, so that the same will conform as nearly as posible to the shape of the tieknot 5. This means that, when the tie has been knotted, it will rest in position in a graceful manner and not cause the collar to assume a bulged or unsightly appearance.

It will also be observed that the ends 6 and 7 of the outer layer 1 are somewhat pointed and, when the collar has been attached to the shirt, the ends 6 and 7 will normally. overlap. One end, say 6, may be provided with a buttonhole 8 to engage a button 9 secured to. the end 7, say. When these ends 6 and 7 have been buttoned to one another, the collar assumesa dressy appearance, which is not secured in using the style of soft collar now in vogue. The wearer thereupon knots the tie 10, which has theretofore been inserted in the usual way, and the loose ends thereof extend over the buttoned ends 6 and 7 of the collar. In this way, the buttoned ends are concealed and the collar and tie assume the appearance which a starched collar and tie would have.

By this improvement, the use of gaudy barpins and the like to keep the collar in position is obviated. Such pins invariably give the collar a drawn appearance, which makes their use objectionable to particular dressers.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a modification of the means for securing the end 6 and 7 in place. In this instance, it will be noted that the button 11shown in dotted linesis attached to the underneath of the end 6 and is adapted to be inserted through the necessary button-hole provided on the end 7. Various other means may be employed for securing the ends 6 and 7 together; but it is not thought necessary to illustrate or describe these, since they will readily occur to anyone skilled in this art.

It is known that various ways have been tried for giving to soft collars, when in use, the appearance of starched collars; but

of the collar may be changed at will, and that the lengths of the ends 6 and 7 may also be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the following claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent:

A soft collar folded at its upper edge to provide inner and outer flexible folds, the inner fold being provided near its front ends with button holes for engagement With a collar button, the front ends of the outer fold extending downwardly below the lower edge of the inner fold and being elongated circumferentially to permit these deepened elongated ends to overlap when the collar is worn, the edges of the ends of the outer fold being partially cut away downwardly from the upper edge of the collar to provide a space to receive the knot of a tie, and auxiliary means secured to the overlapped extremities of the outer fold, and positioned lower than said button holes for retaining said extremities in overlapped relation.

MORRIS I. HALPERIN. 

